Through uncommon partnerships, some community land trusts, nonprofit LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) developers, and supporting organizations are charting pathways into that future and expanding opportunities for community ownership.
To advance housing justice for all, we need solutions at scale. Scaling just solutions that match what our communities want and need is about more than building more affordable housing units. It requires building a culture and system that prioritizes people over profit, honors community self-determination, and fosters shared responsibility to each other and the earth. This sort of cultural and systemic transformation is only possible with greater alignment and collective capacity across the housing field, which requires contending with what drives practitioners apart: competition over scarce resources, siloed networks, and far too little time to step away from organizational priorities to engage in broader field-building (to name just a few).
How can the housing field transform these dynamics, bridge across silos, and create a more cohesive housing ecosystem, in order to live into a better future of belonging for all?
Join us in hearing from three leading California practitioners as they reflect on the work of bridging in housing, what possibilities and questions it opens up, and how we can move through the tensions and challenges in practice.